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Best Fielding Team
Braves

LF - Ender Inciarte
CF - Vince DiMaggio
RF - Andruw Jones
3B - Ed Gremminger
SS - Eddie Miller
2B - Claude Richey
1B - Bob Horner
C - Zach Taylor
P - Tommy Bond

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All-Time Best Player Fielding - Career


First Base

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

1

Horner

Bob

1.3286

1986

273

0.995

10.53


2

Chambliss

Chris

1.2615

1986

710

0.994

9.96


3

Adcock

Joe

1.2554

1962

1109

0.994

9.46


4

McGriff

Fred

1.2501

1997

629

0.993

9.36


5

Konetchy

Ed

1.2456

1918

399

0.992

11.10


6

Fletcher

Elbie

1.2046

1949

486

0.991

10.31


7

Holke

Walter

1.2013

1922

534

0.994

10.85



Second Base

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

1

Ritchey

Claude

1.3722

1909

289

0.968

5.57


2

Hubbard

Glenn

1.3666

1987

1180

0.983

5.56


3

Millan

Felix

1.3496

1972

776

0.980

5.18


4

Lowe

Bobby

1.3451

1901

1011

0.948

5.72


5

Maguire

Freddie

1.3443

1931

432

0.972

5.75


6

Sweeney

Bill

1.3320

1913

432

0.948

5.64


7

Cuccinello

Tony

1.3307

1943

544

0.971

5.69



Shortstop

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

1

Miller

Eddie

1.7382

1942

524

0.972

5.55


2

Simmons

Andrelton

1.7038

2015

498

0.983

4.56


3

Maranville

Rabbit

1.6880

1931

1466

0.948

5.86


4

McMillan

Roy

1.6662

1964

391

0.975

4.76


5

Logan

Johnny

1.6470

1961

1330

0.966

5.10


6

Bancroft

Dave

1.5843

1927

431

0.950

5.85


7

Escobar

Yunel

1.5711

2010

392

0.976

4.36



Third Base

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

1

Gremminger

Ed

1.7000

1903

280

0.943

3.65


2

Collins

Jimmy

1.6609

1900

658

0.929

3.96


3

Brain

Dave

1.6593

1907

269

0.917

3.88


4

Pendleton

Terry

1.6175

1996

585

0.954

2.87


5

Nash

Billy

1.5912

1895

1126

0.901

3.65


6

Whitney

Pinky

1.5409

1936

280

0.966

3.06


7

Evans

Darrell

1.5378

1989

710

0.945

3.19





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Catcher

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

CS%

1

Taylor

Zack

1.9575

1929

305

0.983

4.16

0.482

2

Lopez

Al

1.9444

1940

465

0.983

4.11

0.622

3

Crandall

Del

1.9015

1963

1305

0.989

5.43

0.460

4

Bergen

Marty

1.8999

1899

337

0.954

4.87

0.444

5

Bennett

Charlie

1.8736

1893

337

0.956

5.74

0.373

6

Lopez

Javy

1.8681

2003

1106

0.992

7.20

0.284

7

Hogan

Shanty

1.8526

1935

306

0.987

3.83

0.545

Outfield

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

G

FPCT

RF

ApG

1

DiMaggio

Vince

1.6786

1938

279

0.977

2.89

0.143

2

Jones

Andruw

1.6184

2007

1758

0.991

2.62

0.064

3

Inciarte

Ender

1.6132

2019

504

0.990

2.61

0.058

4

Grissom

Marquis

1.5993

1996

294

0.996

2.27

0.065

5

Johnston

Dick

1.5691

1889

529

0.908

2.45

0.233

6

Beaumont

Ginger

1.5622

1909

381

0.965

2.23

0.163

7

Welsh

Jimmy

1.5554

1930

535

0.970

2.79

0.164

8

Holmes

Tommy

1.5469

1951

1225

0.989

2.39

0.093

9

Baker

Dusty

1.5451

1975

598

0.984

2.44

0.067

10

Duffy

Hugh

1.5395

1900

1128

0.953

2.35

0.122

11

Moore

Gene

1.5339

1941

550

0.977

2.29

0.147

12

Berger

Wally

1.5285

1937

1031

0.975

2.80

0.068

13

Hornung

Joe

1.5273

1888

699

0.937

2.03

0.155

14

Murphy

Dale

1.5242

1990

1622

0.983

2.29

0.063

15

Brodie

Steve

1.5202

1891

265

0.952

2.03

0.166

16

Markakis

Nick

1.5188

2019

732

0.994

1.95

0.040

17

Bruton

Bill

1.5109

1960

1042

0.978

2.59

0.080

18

Jordan

Brian

1.5041

2006

493

0.992

2.14

0.067

19

Stahl

Chick

1.4905

1900

519

0.960

1.87

0.152

20

Workman

Chuck

1.4865

1946

288

0.983

2.03

0.135

21

Aaron

Hank

1.4862

1974

2756

0.980

2.08

0.073

Pitcher

Rank

Name

First

FV

Lyear

IP

FPCT

RF

1

Bond

Tommy

1.1490

1881

2127

0.945

2.69


2

Morton

Carl

1.1215

1976

949

0.975

2.24


3

Maddux

Greg

1.1064

2003

2527

0.968

3.16


4

Glavine

Tom

1.0995

2008

3408

0.980

2.30


5

Andrews

Nate

1.0982

1945

679

0.974

2.48


6

Burdette

Lew

1.0968

1963

2638

0.971

2.58


7

Tobin

Larry

1.0886

1945

1368

0.960

3.03



    Franchise When and Where

    Atlanta Braves (1966 to Present)
    Milwaukee Braves (1953-1965)
    Boston Braves (1912-1935); (1941-1952)
    Boston Bees (1936-1940)
    Boston Rustlers (1911)
    Boston Doves (1907-1910)
    Boston Beaneaters (1883-1906)
    Boston Red Stockings (1876-1882)



Fielding Ratings in the Stat Geek Baseball PEVA system are meant to give a grade that relates to value for payroll purposes. A player with a low amount of innings played at a position may be rated lower for that purpose, but be a better defensive player. They would be rated higher in the PEVA/FV system with higher innings played, but their FV is lower due to lack of use.

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What is Field Value?


Field Value (FV) is the fielding rating for Stat Geek Baseball's New Player Rating value. This rating is given to each player at each position they play during the season with over 1 inning played per max games for the season (162 for modern baseball) at that position, as well as a total fielding rating given to a player for each season for players who played more than one position. A minimum grade is given per position to any player with under max games.

Each position has different maximum, average, and minimum rating values per the difficulty and value of that position, which folds into the overall value of PEVA for that season.

FV Scale Maximums

Catcher - 2.10
Shortstop - 1.75
Outfield - 1.70
Third Base - 1.70
Second Base - 1.50
First Base - 1.40
Pitcher - 1.15

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